** Breaking**Media laughing as Palin officially clears Palin in Troopergate scandal

[grantcart]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PALIN_TROOPERGATE?SITE=WIMAR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

From the Associated Press

Palin pre-empts state report, clears self in probe

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Trying to head off a potentially embarrassing state ethics report on GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, campaign officials released their own report Thursday that clears her of any wrongdoing.


Lawmakers are expected to release their own findings Friday. Campaign officials have yet to see that report - the result of an investigation that began before she was tapped as McCain's running mate - but said the investigation has falsely portrayed a legitimate policy dispute between a governor and her commissioner as something inappropriate.

"The following document will prove Walt Monegan's dismissal was a result of his insubordination and budgetary clashes with Governor Palin and her administration," campaign officials wrote. "Trooper Wooten is a separate issue."

Monegan said Thursday that he doesn't know what to expect from the legislative panel's own report.

"I just hope that the truth is figured out," Monegan told The Associated Press on Thursday. "That the governor did want me to fire him, and I chose to not. You just can't walk up to someone and say, 'I fire you.' He didn't do anything under my watch to result in termination."

Palin's critics say that shows she used her office to settle family affairs.

http://thepage.time.com/2008/10/10/palin-beats-alaska-to-it/

From Time
Palin beats Alaska to it

The Mccain campaign released a report clearing Palin from any wrongdoing in the Troopergate case, beating Alaska’s Friday release of a potentially damaging state ethics report.

The GOP campaign’s report blames former campaign opponent, Andrew Halcro, of conspiring with Trooper Michael Wooten to pin Walt Monegan’s firing on the Palin’s family’s dispute with Wooten.

CBS:GOP Troopergate Report Exonerates Palin
Hours Before Lawmakers' Report Due, Republican Campaign Releases Findings To "Prove" VP Pick's Action Legitimate

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/09/politics/main4512684.shtml?source=RSSattr=Politics_4512684

[The Wielding Truth]

1. Declare your own findings on your guilt? Nice trick/not working.

[roguevalley]

35. Pin it on Andrew? What a horrible sow she is. I would laugh if I wasn't

so damned mad.

[Birthmark]

2. Gotta love it.

If only Nixon had thought of that!

[Schulzz]

3. Is this another "McCain wins debate" stunt?

[Whalestoe]

4. I hope this blows up in their face and forces a lot of Freepers to pray.

[Patient]

7. Hopefully Keith Olbermann raises some brows as well!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnSXGTFQ0Ak&NR=1

I don't have enough posts to make a new topic, please push that viewcount up, everyone needs to watch that.

[4lbs]

5. They must have hired Baghdad Bob to do the report.

"Sarah Palin is completely innocent of all charges leveled against her.

Oh, and there are no U.S. troops in Baghdad!"

[NeoTheo]

6. Well, even if they do find her guilty of something or another

Jr. can just pardon here and all will be well again.

[AldebTX]

8. I Think Its Drawing More Attention To The Report

NOT LESS.

[H2O Man]

9. Very convincing.

"People need to know that their governor/VP candidate is not a crook. Well, I am not a crook."

[earthlover]

10. Is that Nixon's old quote? I am not a crook?

[H2O Man]

13. Yes. n/t

[JohnMcCant2008]

11. Breaking - Bush clears self of war crimes and assigns himself a 90% approval rating. n/t

[polichick]

19. Exactly! They're counting on Americans to be complete imbeciles.

[central scrutinizer]

23. Also breaking: OJ clears himself of robbery charges

[Ganja Ninja]

12. There's nothing you can't do when you live in your own fantasy world.

I think when this is over we're going to have to go on a massive building program of institutions with padded rooms.

[AzDar]

14. How very Cheney-esque.

:eyes:

[grantcart]

16. yes exactly and people say she isn't qualified for the job

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. lol! Desperate people say desperate things. I hope that Alaska starts Impeachment proceedings

immediately.

[Alter Ego]

17. Glad the media is laughing at her.

It's well deserved.

And if there happens to be something incriminating in the report (which I suspect there might, or they wouldn't have done this), even better.

[Erin Elizabeth]

18. Even my conservative friends are making jokes at her expense

about this. They are issuing "reports" declaring themselves charming and good-looking, wealthy and thin, etc.

It's ridiculous.

[Supersedeas]

20. Why is it that Walt Monegan and Trooper Wooten are not household names??

the Media Free Ride for the Straight Propoganda Express just keeps rolling and rolling and rolling.

[The Backlash Cometh]

21. Well, you can hardly blame her. She does, afterall, have executive branch experience.

[helderheid]

22. cannot WAIT for SNL

[hogwyld]

28. You know what's really bad?

We get more truthful information from SNL than we do from the M$M.

[Larry in KC]

24. You know what a REAL maverick would have done? Found herself guilty!

[NatBurner]

27. lol

tres mavericky!

[Forkboy]

34. hehehe

:)

[jberryhill]

25. I released a report today proving that I hit the lottery! /nt

[KingFlorez]

26. You can't clear yourself

Do they really think people are that stupid?

[gkhouston]

36. Well, it's not as if anyone else is going to clear her.

Besides, she was wearing a different outfit when she cleared herself of doing bad things than when she actually did the bad things, so technically she's clearing someone else. When you're a Barbie, changing your clothes changes your identity. }(

[firedupdem]

29. They know their base is dumb and clueless...they will say anything

they want and know their base will believe it. They truly underestimate the intelligence of most Americans.

[complain jane]

30. Anybody who disagrees is sexist

Darn sexists!

:sarcasm:

[progressivebydesign]

31. the weirdest shit of all this is that the McCAIN CAMPAIGN released the report.

These people hadn't even HEARD of Palin 6 weeks ago... and now THEY are somehow her caretaker, her counsel, and involved in Alaskan politics??

That is the thing I think the media needs to mention, as well. Have you EVER heard of a political campaign doing such a thing??? This is just wrong.

[TwilightGardener]

32. Who would take this seriously? Everyone who's ever been hauled in before the law

or the court tries to exonerate him or herself. "I'm innocent, your honor. No, really."

[TexasObserver]

33. She's too ignorant to know that Nixon tried that, too.